Patents by Inventor ERICA ROBERTS

ERICA ROBERTS has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Fabric treating appliance with pelletizer
    Patent number: 11753763
    Abstract: A laundry treating appliance having a lint pelletizer whereby clothing fibers retained within a fluid can be extracted from the fluid and formed into a pellet. The laundry treating appliance can be a clothes washer or a clothes dryer. The clothes washer or clothes dryer can be a vertical or horizontal axis, either of which can be top-loading or front loading.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Rodney Michael Welch, Erica Roberts
  • Laundry treating appliance
    Patent number: 11708656
    Abstract: A method of operating a laundry treating appliance, such as a washing machine, having a cabinet defining an interior and defining an access opening. A lid can be movably mounted relative to the cabinet to selectively open or close the access opening. A tub can be located within the interior and the tub can contain a rotatably mounted drum, such as a horizontally rotatable drum, including a flexible fabric material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Donald Erickson, Steven Fricke, Christian Gianni, Thomas Kessler, Praveen Poojary, Erica Roberts, Jaime Rodriguez, Peter Wagoner
  • LAUNDRY TREATING APPLIANCE
    Publication number: 20230073346
    Abstract: A method of operating a laundry treating appliance, such as a washing machine, having a cabinet defining an interior and defining an access opening. A lid can be movably mounted relative to the cabinet to selectively open or close the access opening. A tub can be located within the interior and the tub can contain a rotatably mounted drum, such as a horizontally rotatable drum, including a flexible fabric material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: DONALD ERICKSON, STEVEN FRICKE, CHRISTIAN GIANNI, THOMAS KESSLER, PRAVEEN POOJARY, ERICA ROBERTS, JAIME RODRIGUEZ, PETER WAGONER
  • Laundry treating appliance
    Patent number: 11512421
    Abstract: A laundry treating appliance, such as a washing machine, having a cabinet defining an interior and defining an access opening. A lid can be movably mounted relative to the cabinet to selectively open or close the access opening. A tub can be located within the interior and the tub can contain a rotatably mounted drum, such as a horizontally rotatable drum, including a flexible fabric material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Donald Erickson, Steven Fricke, Christian Gianni, Thomas Kessler, Praveen Poojary, Erica Roberts, Jaime Rodriguez, Peter Wagoner
  • FABRIC TREATING APPLIANCE WITH PELLETIZER
    Publication number: 20220106728
    Abstract: A laundry treating appliance having a lint pelletizer whereby clothing fibers retained within a fluid can be extracted from the fluid and formed into a pellet. The laundry treating appliance can be a clothes washer or a clothes dryer. The clothes washer or clothes dryer can be a vertical or horizontal axis, either of which can be top-loading or front loading.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: RODNEY MICHAEL WELCH, ERICA ROBERTS
  • Fabric treating appliance with pelletizer
    Patent number: 11230806
    Abstract: A laundry treating appliance having a lint pelletizer whereby clothing fibers retained within a fluid can be extracted from the fluid and formed into a pellet. The laundry treating appliance can be a clothes washer or a clothes dryer. The clothes washer or clothes dryer can be a vertical or horizontal axis, either of which can be top-loading or front loading.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Rodney Michael Welch, Erica Roberts
  • LAUNDRY TREATING APPLIANCE
    Publication number: 20210108352
    Abstract: A laundry treating appliance, such as a washing machine, having a cabinet defining an interior and defining an access opening. A lid can be movably mounted relative to the cabinet to selectively open or close the access opening. A tub can be located within the interior and the tub can contain a rotatably mounted drum, such as a horizontally rotatable drum, including a flexible fabric material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: DONALD ERICKSON, STEVEN FRICKE, CHRISTIAN GIANNI, THOMAS KESSLER, PRAVEEN POOJARY, ERICA ROBERTS, JAIME RODRIGUEZ, PETER WAGONER
  • Laundry treating appliance
    Patent number: 10907290
    Abstract: A laundry treating appliance, such as a washing machine, having a cabinet defining an interior and defining an access opening. A lid can be movably mounted relative to the cabinet to selectively open or close the access opening. A tub can be located within the interior and the tub can contain a rotatably mounted drum, such as a horizontally rotatable drum, including a flexible fabric material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Donald Erickson, Steven Fricke, Christian Gianni, Thomas Kessler, Praveen Poojary, Erica Roberts, Jaime Rodriguez, Peter Wagoner
  • FABRIC TREATING APPLIANCE WITH PELLETIZER
    Publication number: 20200208337
    Abstract: A laundry treating appliance having a lint pelletizer whereby clothing fibers retained within a fluid can be extracted from the fluid and formed into a pellet. The laundry treating appliance can be a clothes washer or a clothes dryer. The clothes washer or clothes dryer can be a vertical or horizontal axis, either of which can be top-loading or front loading.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: RODNEY MICHAEL WELCH, ERICA ROBERTS
  • LAUNDRY TREATING APPLIANCE
    Publication number: 20180202094
    Abstract: A laundry treating appliance, such as a washing machine, having a cabinet defining an interior and defining an access opening. A lid can be movably mounted relative to the cabinet to selectively open or close the access opening. A tub can be located within the interior and the tub can contain a rotatably mounted drum, such as a horizontally rotatable drum, including a flexible fabric material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: DONALD ERICKSON, STEVEN FRICKE, CHRISTIAN GIANNI, THOMAS KESSLER, PRAVEEN POOJARY, ERICA ROBERTS, JAIME RODRIGUEZ, PETER WAGONER